under hood paint

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:35 am

other than hand sanding the heck out of the under side of the hood. how would a person be able to get the spot you couldn't reach in the skeleton of the hood rough enough for paint ot stick. if i end up with a different hood from a donor i will want to repaint it the color of my truck.

mrsnicks · Post by **mrsnicks** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 12:46 am

Have it "dipped" or media blasted would be my best guess. Anyone else?? If you wanted to be really thorough and those are not options you can break/cut the welds of the inner and outer hood pieces... sand them down paint em seperate, grind the edges and weld them back together.. I don't suggest that one, but it is an option.

As always, just my

,
Patrick

greenbank · Post by **greenbank** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 1:46 am

Or you can do what someone did with my truck, and undercoat the underside of the hood.

CJ,s 67 F100 · Post by **CJ,s 67 F100** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 9:27 pm

I just sprayed in all those little places and it turned out ok

michaelbrainard · Post by **michaelbrainard** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 1:47 pm

careful blasting the hood. I screwed up a perfectly straight hood trying to sand blast. I was being ultra careful, to only shoot the structure...but a small amount of silica did hit the inside of the outerskin...everwhere this happened I ended u with a oil-can dip. Ticked me off.

Post by **FORDification** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 4:57 pm

What kind of sandblaster and what PSI were you using? I've heard of sheetmetal warpage with dual-stage 175PSI units, but not with the smaller Harbor Freight type of sandblaster. I've got one hooked up to a 13CFM single-stage compressor and actual blasting pressure is normally between 70-80 PSI and have had no problems blasting sheetmetal.

fordman · Post by **fordman** » Wed Mar 15, 2006 11:06 pm

i was told i could use a adhesion accelorator under it to make it stil but it wasn't much also a scotch brite pad on a stick i just don't want to have a blue spot showing anywhere under the hood. i would rather have paint. i want an original look to my truck.

Big D's 69 · Post by **Big D's 69** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:38 am

They make a cup blaster that only takes a cup full of sand hench the name. IT works great for tedious or metal under the hood.

FoMoCo · Post by **FoMoCo** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 12:15 pm

SEM products makes an areosol called sand free. Klean-Strip also makes a similar product called bulldog. These are used to adhere paint where you cannot sand, such as adoor jamb or inner hood sections.

Nick

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